i came across THIS article talking about pat robertson and some of the things he has said over the years in regards to terrible tragedies such as haiti, katrina etc...here is a line from the blog...
"The likes of Pat Robertson never tire of pretending to know the mind of the infinite being conjured from their imagination. Let’s see how we’ve fared over the past 150 years..."
to find out how we have done over the past 150 years youll have to go read the posting by Jeff Schweitzer. One line written by Dr. Schweitzer that caught my attention was:
"the power of faith to overwhelm rational thought is not to be underestimated"
what do you think?
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"the power of faith to overwhelm rational thought is not to be underestimated"
Faith is more than just belief, it is also the thought processes that come alongside that belief. So, if it is true that faith has the power to overwhelm rational thought, then faith itself becomes irrational.
And I don't mean that to be a blow to Christianity, because I think even Christians should be able to admit that faith is irrational. That is why it is faith. But when that irrational faith begins to blame tragedy on the lack of faith, then things are backwards. Or when the irrational faith begins to focus on something besides the situation of the physical human, then things are backwards.
Not sure if that made any sense.
A sure sign of the apocalypse would have been seeing the USA win hockey gold on Canadian soil. It didn't happen, so we have a little while.
I've got way too much time on my hands.
i'm with nic, i like the professor olson's explanation. faith is irrational, otherwise it would not be faith, regardless of what you are having faith in. but i would also say as a christian, that i believe i have seen God work in my life and the lives of others. so the more my confidence in God grows, the less irrational, or better said, the more rational, i feel that my faith becomes. does that make sense? i know that is not scientific proof faith is real...but it makes sense to me.
but to use your faith to claim you know God's plans for everyone at everytime, to blame disasters on gay people, and walk around as a smug, self-righteous self-proclaimed know it all...that's missing the point of faith. it's missing the point of Jesus. now i'm just ranting, so i'll shut up now.
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